[ad_1] On June 20, Los Gatos introduced an ordinance that would prohibit concealed carry permit holders from bringing their firearms to specific places around town. But in contrast with the hardline positions staked-out on both sides of the gun debate across the United States—with National Rifle Association members claiming guns in classrooms would help solve

[ad_1] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) doubled down on her defense of relaxed gun control laws, claiming “strict gun laws actually create murder.” Greene opened her remarks by pointing to multiple shootings in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend that left 11 people dead and over 50 injured from gunshot wounds. She claimed Democrats failed to

[ad_1] (Newswise) — A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reveals another record year for firearm fatalities. The 48,830 lives lost to firearms in 2021—the second year of the pandemic—is the highest number on record. Both firearm homicides and suicides reached

[ad_1] Updated at 9:45 a.m. June 19 after police listed an additional victim A party involving teenagers in a downtown St. Louis building ended in gunfire, killing a 17-year-old and injuring 10 others just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Makao Moore died in the shooting, police said. All the victims ranged in age from 15 to

[ad_1] Updated at 5:50 p.m. June 19 to add an additional victim. A party involving teenagers in a downtown St. Louis building ended in gunfire, killing a 17-year-old and injuring 11 others, just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Makao Moore died in the shooting, police said. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 19. Most

[ad_1] Former “President” Donald Trump will be arraigned today at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Federal Courthouse in Miami, and while many indicted criminals have their very own gangs or mobs, most of the time, they tend not to show up outside the courthouse. That’s more of a concern with Trump, who just loves it when

[ad_1] Earlier this week, I was reminded why I love my job with 19FortyFive so much when our editor asked me which Glock pistols I hadn’t reviewed yet. I replied something along the lines of, “Well, let’s see, there’s the Glock 30S .45 ACP, the Glock 27 .40 cal, and the Glock 19X 9mm.” Naturally,

[ad_1] Earlier this week, our editor asked me which Glock pistols I hadn’t reviewed yet. I replied something along the lines of, “Well, let’s see, there’s the Glock 30S .45 ACP, the Glock 27 .40 cal, and the Glock 19X 9mm.” Naturally, she asked me to review them all. As our longtime readers have realized,

[ad_1] Timing is everything. In recent weeks I have written articles about two highly popular 9mm semiautomatic pistols, the striker-fired Canik TP9 and the traditional double-action Smith & Wesson Model 3913 LadySmith.  Alas, at the time of those writings, I hadn’t yet had the opportunity to fire either weapon, so I instead went with the

[ad_1] President Joe Biden could face a familial wrinkle in his gun control effort: Hunter Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris noted on Friday that gun control will be a major part of the Biden administration’s legislative agenda going into 2024. The administration plans to seek bans on semi-automatic rifles and red-flag laws that allow the confiscation of

[ad_1]   Firearms have been a source of debate in the United States for decades due to the abnormally high amount of gun violence in the country. Recently, the New York Times reported guns surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children, with at least 145 mass shootings in 2023, as of April 11.

[ad_1] Laws imposing minimum age requirements for the possession and purchase of firearms are intended to reduce access to firearms by young people. These laws are also on the books to lower the number of suicides, homicides, and unintentional shootings among America’s youth.  Young people are at serious risk of becoming involved in violent acts

[ad_1] On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley went on CNN to appear in another of the network’s now infamous “town halls.” The kind of town hall that promises the sort of kid glove treatment that can only be delivered by a network in free fall. It was the same town hall at which Haley

[ad_1] At the gleaming new Fruitport High School in Michigan, the entrance opens to a spacious atrium, with floating rows of lockers arrayed diagonally from the front door. They are noticeably short so students can peer over them. Overlooking the atrium is a walkway fenced with metal sheets and pockmarked with slits through which you

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. From the movie theater to the shopping mall, inside a church and a synagogue, through the grocery aisle and into the classroom, gun violence has invaded every corner of American life. It

[ad_1] Kinsey Akers  |  Deputy News Editor On March 23, 2023, March for Our Lives, the student-based organization founded in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, hosted a rally at the Florida Capitol in protest of several of Florida’s firearm policies, particularly a recent bill, House Bill 543, which allows permitless concealed

[ad_1] Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This tweet: DeSantis signed a permit-less carry bill in April that removes requirements for:-background checks-instruction-training+oversight Until our leaders have the courage to stop bowing down to the NRA and enact common sense gun safety this kind of senseless violence will continue. https://t.co/iX6ryxsPwv — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) May

[ad_1] North Jersey residents explain what brought them to the polls These North Jersey residents share their Election Day 2022 motivations. Miguel Fernandez, NorthJersey.com New Jersey’s 24th District is guaranteed to have two new Assembly representatives next year after neither incumbent chose to run in this year’s election. That wide-open race has attracted five candidates

[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tried on Monday to blame Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for a mass shooting that happened in the Sunshine State. But the attempt immediately fell flat. What did Newsom say? Nine people were injured when gunfire erupted on the Hollywood Oceanfront Boardwalk in south Florida on Memorial Day. Police

[ad_1] BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A proposal dealing with concealed carry passed out of a Senate committee on Tuesday, May 30. The bill would allow Louisiana residents ages 21 and older to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. The bill also eliminates all training and background check requirements to carry a concealed weapon

[ad_1] State Rep. Danny McCormick’s House Bill 131 to allow concealed carry of firearms without a permit or training fails the commonsense test. It would accelerate the presence of hidden guns even deeper into our daily lives. The proliferation of guns must be checked and balanced with permitting and training. States with weak gun laws

[ad_1] BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A bill that would allow people to conceal carry a firearm without a permit or training is advancing in the legislature. State Rep. Danny McCormick has brought his so-called ‘constitutional carry’ bill for the last few years and was previously vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2021. Now

[ad_1] Louisiana lawmakers took another step Tuesday toward allowing adults to carry hidden handguns without permits or training. Members of the Senate Judiciary B Committee voted 4-1 to advance Republican Oil City state Rep. Danny McCormick’s House Bill 131, though they did amend the measure to raise the age from 18 to 21. Committee Chairman

[ad_1] Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom tried to blame Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Monday shooting in the Sunshine State, but was immediately corrected. Gunfire broke out at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Monday, injuring at least nine people, including minors. Newsom wasted no time trying to pin the blame on DeSantis’ recent

[ad_1] Guns killed 1,315 Alabamians in 2021. The state, with a population of 5 million, had 26.4 firearm deaths per 100,000 people that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That same year, New York State, with about 20 million people, reported 1,078 firearms deaths, a rate of 5.4 gun deaths per

[ad_1] Pensacola News Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK  |  Pensacola News Journal Opinions expressed in Letters to the Editor are those of our readers and not the Pensacola News Journal. In order for letters to be considered for publication, they must be 250 words or less and include name, a full address and phone number. Only your

[ad_1] By Rosaland TylerAssociate EditorNew Journal and Guide Maryland’s first Black governor, Wes Moore, continued to make history after he recently signed 175 new laws, including gun restriction laws that determine who can carry guns and where they can carry them. The newly-inked legislation bans firearms in public spaces like schools, bars, restaurants, performance venues,

[ad_1] Blaine Walker has multiple guns. The Williamson County conservative has a handgun permit. He hunts, primarily duck and goose. Walker doesn’t consider firearms evil.  He’s one of the millions of Americans that believe guns don’t kill people; people kill people. Millions of others disagree. However, he also believes divisiveness on firearms issues has reached